diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index 4fb758e4..61d157d1 100644
Binary files a/dist/index.js and b/dist/index.js differ
diff --git a/src/installer.ts b/src/installer.ts
index f05171fb..f49c1c95 100644
--- a/src/installer.ts
+++ b/src/installer.ts
@@ -266,12 +266,21 @@ function normalizeVersion(version: string): string {
     }
   }
 
-  // Add trailing .x if it is missing
-  if (version.split('.').length != 3) {
+  if (version.endsWith('-ea')) {
+    // convert e.g. 14-ea to 14.0.0-ea
+    if (version.indexOf('.') == -1) {
+      version = version.slice(0, version.length - 3) + '.0.0-ea';
+    }
+    // match anything in -ea.X (semver won't do .x matching on pre-release versions) 
+    if (version[0] >= '0' && version[0] <= '9') {
+      version = '>=' + version;
+    }
+  } else if (version.split('.').length < 3) {
+    // For non-ea versions, add trailing .x if it is missing
     if (version[version.length - 1] != 'x') {
       version = version + '.x';
     }
   }
-
+  
   return version;
 }